The Entrance Prayers:On Sunday, usually a hymn praising God
is sung in place of reciting a Psalm from the Bible which invites us to
enter more deeply into the mystery of God's love for us. The recited
weekday Psalm expresses a youthful heart and spirit, delighted that we may come
before the living God.
Entrance Song
/ Entrance Psalm (Antiphon)Entrance Song: Blest
be God the Father, and the Only Begotten Son of God, and also the Holy Spirit,
for he has shown us his merciful love.

The Priest Approaches and Kisses the Altar:The
altar is a symbol of Christ. In it are cut five crosses to recall the five
wounds of Christ. The altar also represents the Church and has embedded in
it the relics of her saints. The priest comes to the altar to celebrate
the Sacrifice in the Church's name. Because of the glory surrounding the
altar upon which the divine Sacrifice will be made, the kiss of the priest
unites the Church to Christ, its Redeemer.

Priest:In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.All:Amen.

The Greeting:We are welcomed in God's name. Our
response unites us to our neighbor, to the priest and to God. (The priest
may select from several forms of greeting).

Priest: Grace to you and
peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.All:And with your spirit.

The Penitential Prayers:We recognize our guilt for past sins,
express our sorrow for them, and ask that Mary, the angels, the saints, and our
brothers and sisters in Christ pray for the Lord God's mercy. (The priest
may select from several forms).

Priest: Brothers and sisters, let
us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred
mysteries.
Priest: Have mercy on us, O Lord.
All: For we have sinned against you.
Priest: Show us, O Lord, , your mercy.
All: And grant us your salvation.
The Absolution:

Priest: May almighty God have
mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. All:Amen.

The Gloria:The Glory of God prayers have existed from
the second century. They repeat the angels praise of God which heralded
the birth of Christ on earth. Our praise is lifted again through the years
as we rejoice at His coming as Lord, God, the most high Jesus Christ, who at
Christmas took on our human nature while at the same time being the son of Man.
This ancient hymn expresses our recognition of God's glory and love. It
calls upon Christ as our holy and divine mediator, and the Holy Spirit who
forever binds us together in God's love.

Priest and All:
Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people
on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship
you, we give you thinks, we praise you for your glory. Lord Jesus Christ,
only son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the
world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive
our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you
alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God
the Father. Amen.

The Collect:The
priest lifts the united prayers and petitions of the congregation to God the
Father through the merits of Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit.

Priest: Let us pray. God our Father, who by sending into
the world the Word of truth and the Spirit of sanctification made known to the
human race your wondrous mystery, grant us, we pray, that in professing the true
faith, we may acknowledge the Trinity of eternal glory and adore your Unity,
powerful in majesty. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives
and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Liturgy of the Word

Christ is made known to us through the
Old Testament which prepares us to recognize Him. In those days, God
inspired men who spoke His message. Now, the New Testament Gospel reading
announces His presence to us directly through His Son. Both
readings bring God's message to us. Our responsibility is to respond.
The First Reading:Often from the Old Testament
Priest/Reader: A reading from the
Book of Deuteronomy.

First Reading: Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40

Moses said to the people:
"Ask now of the days of old, before your time, ever since God created man upon
the earth; ask from one end of the sky to the other: Did anything so great ever
happen before? Was it ever heard of? Did a people ever hear the
voice of God speaking from the midst of fire, as you did, and live? Or did
any god venture to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another
nation, by testings, by signs and wonders, by war, with strong hand and
outstretched arm, and by great terrors, all of which the Lord, your God, did for
you in Egypt before your very eyes? This is why you must now know, and fix
in your heart, that the Lord is God in the heavens above and on earth below, and
that there is no other. You must keep his statues and commandments that I
enjoin on you today, that you and your children after you may prosper, and that
you may have long life on the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you
forever."

Priest/Reader:The Word of the
Lord.All:Thanks
be to God. The Responsorial Psalm:This Psalm praising God, is a prayer to God,
or recommends the practice of virtue. It is sung as an interlude between
the scriptural readings. It provides yet another instructional setting and
invites the assembly to imitate the cantor who sings a repeated response to the
verses of an ancient Psalm many of which are attributed to King David. The
verses are sung first by a cantor (song leader) accompanied by instruments, the
refrain is sung by the people.

Responsorial
Psalm 33:4-5 6, 9,18-19, 20, 22

Cantor: Blessed the people the
Lord has chosen to be his own.All: R/. Blessed
the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.Cantor: Upright is the word of the Lord, and all his works
are trustworthy. He loves justice and right; of the kindness of the Lord
the earth is full.All: R/. Blessed
the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.Cantor: By the word of the Lord the heavens were made; by the
breath of his mouth all their host. For he spoke, and it was made; he
commanded, and it stood forth.All: R/. Blessed
the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.Cantor: See, the eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear
him, upon those who hope for his kindness, to deliver them from death and
preserve them in spite of famine.All: R/. Blessed
the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.Cantor: Our soul waits for the Lord, who is our help and our
shield. May your kindness, O Lord, be upon us who have put our hope in
you.All: R/. Blessed
the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.

The Second Reading:Taken from the New Testament.

Romans 8:14-17

Brothers and sisters:
Those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not
receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a Spirit of
adoption, through whom we cry, "Abba, Father!" The Spirit himself bears
witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then
heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if only we suffer with him so
that we may also be glorified with him.

The Alleluia:An ancient expression of joy anticipating
the Lord's message we will hear in the Gospel.

Revelation 1:8

Cantor: Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
ALL: R/. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Cantor: Glory to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit;
to God who is, who was, and who is to come.ALL: R/. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

The Gospel:The Liturgy of the Word is completed
by the reading of the Gospel. Before its reading, the members of the
assembly trace the sign of the cross upon the forehead to indicate their mental
acceptance of the Truth, on the lips to indicate their readiness to announce it,
and over the heart to indicate their sincere desire to accept it into their
lives. The "Good News" of the Gospel tells that God's kingdom has come for
all to hear, accept, and announce to the world for its salvation. It
is God who is speaking to us. Christ comes to teach us by the example of
His life and by His own words.

Priest: Cleanse my heart and my lips, almighty God, that I may worthily proclaim your
holy Gospel. Through the words of the Gospel may our sins be wiped away.Priest: The Lord be with you.
All: And with our spirit.Priest/Deacon: Areading from the holy Gospel according
to Matthew. All:Glory
to you, Lord.

The Gospel: Matthew
28:16-20

Matthew wrote to show that Christ
was the
Messiah and fulfilled the Jewish prophecies.

The
eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered
them. When they all saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then
Jesus approached and said to them, "All power in heaven and on earth has been
given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching
them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you
always, until the end of the age."

Priest/Deacon: The Gospel of the Lord.All:Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Priest: Through the words of the Gospel may our sins be wiped
away.

The Priest's Sermon:The priest develops, explains, and comments upon the Master's words,
so our minds may be
enlightened, and our
hearts enriched.

Profession of Faith:We state in the
Nicene Creed the principles of our faith in precise and definite terms.

All: I believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. I believe in
one Lord, Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before
all ages.
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made,
consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us
men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy
Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was
crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again
on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into
heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again
in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from
the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and
glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one,
holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the
forgiveness of sins and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the
life of the world to come. Amen.

General Intercessions:We pray for the needs of the pope, civic
leaders, our own needs, those of others,
the sick, the dying, those who have died, the church, and the world.
The response of all to each intercession: Lord, hear our prayer.

All:Lord,
hear our prayer.

The Liturgy of the Eucharist

Gifts of bread and wine
symbolizing ourselves are presented to the priest who will offer them to God the
Father. Through the Holy Spirit, they will become the Body and Blood of
Jesus Christ whom we receive in Holy Communion. Jesus unites Himself with
us for our spiritual nourishment and strength. Today, when individuals do
not present their own personal offerings of bread and wine, the monetary contribution
symbolizes the material of their united sacrifice. The priest makes and
offering of the bread and wine to God.

Preparation of the Bread and
Wine:

Priest: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation,
for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you:
fruit of the earth and work of human hands, it will become for us the bread of
life. All:Blessed be God for ever.Priest:By
the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in the divinity of
Christ, who humbled himself to share
in our humanity.

Priest: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have
received the wine we offer you; fruit of the vine and work of human hands it will become our spiritual drink.All:Blessed be God for ever.

Priest:With
humble spirit and contrite heart may we be accepted by you, O Lord, and may our
sacrifice in your sight this
day be pleasing to you, Lord God.

The Priest's Hands are Washed: This
act was traditionally necessary because the priest handled the various gifts
presented by the people. Now, the cleansing act using water reminds the
priest and ourselves of the need to cleanse not only the hands but the soul.
Soon, the priest's hands will hold the actual body of Christ, and we will become
His dwelling place.

Priest:Wash
me O Lord, from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. Pray, brethren, that
my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. All:May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his
name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.

Prayer over the Gifts:Speaking in our name, the priest asks
the Father to accept the gifts we offer through him.

Priest: Sanctify
by the invocation of your name, we pray, O Lord our God, this oblation of our
service, and by irt make of us an eternal offering to you. through Christ
our Lord.

Eucharistic Prayer:(Number Three: The priest may select from several forms).
Priest:The Lord be with you.All:And with your
spirit.
Priest:Lift up your hearts.All:We lift them up to the Lord.

Priest:Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.All:It is right
and just. Preface Prayer:

Priest: It is right and just, our duty and our salvation,
always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and
eternal God.

For with your Only Begotten Son and the Holy
Spirit you are one God, one Lord: not in the unity of a single person, but in a
Trinity of one substance.

For what you have revealed to us of your
glory we believe equally of your Son and of the Holy Spirit, so that, in the
confessing of the true and eternal Godhead, you might be adored in what is
proper to each Person, their unity in substance, and their equality in majesty.

For this is praise by Angels and Archangels,
Cherubim, too, and Seraphim, who never cease to cry out each day, as with one
voice they acclaim:

Acclamation:

Priest
and All:Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of hosts. Heaven and
earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed
is he who comes
in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Priest: You are indeed Holy, O Lord, and all you have
created rightly gives you praise, for through your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, by
the power and working of the Holy Spirit, you give life to all things and make
them holy, and you never cease to gather a people to yourself, so that from the
rising of the sun to its setting a pure sacrifice may be offered to your name.

Priest: Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore you: by the same
Spirit graciously make holy these gifts we have brought to you for consecration,
that they may become the Body and Blood of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, at
whose command we celebrate these mysteries.

The priest repeats the words which
Christ used at his Last Supper when He changed the bread into His Body and the
wine into His Blood. His Body and Blood are truly present but under the
appearance of bread and wine. The death of Christ is prolonged in each of
those who receive Him worthily. We apply His death to ourselves so that we
may share His glory. This moment is the
most
solemn on earth because it is Divine act which enables us to apply to ourselves
the Cross which Christ willingly took upon Himself. The
Lord'sSupper: For on the night he was
betrayed he himself took bread, and, giving you thanks, he said the blessing,
broke the bread and gave it to his disciples, saying:

Take this, all of
you and eat of it: this is my Body which will be given up for you.

In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice, and, giving
you thanks, he said the blessing, and gave the chalice to his disciples, saying:

Take this, all of you, and drink from it; for this is the chalice of my
Blood, the Blood of the new and eternal covenant, which will be poured out for
you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this in memory of me.

Memorial Acclamation:(The priest may
select from several forms).

Priest:The
mystery of faith.Priest
/ All:When we
eat this Bread and drink this Cup, weproclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again.

We are called to die to sin and
lift our very selves to God so that we become changed; to do as God would have
us do, to become what God would have us become. Our own little cross can
lift us into union with Christ's Cross so we may earn the joys of everlasting
happiness with God the Father.

Memorial Prayer:(The
priest may select from several forms).

Priest: Recalls Christ's Passion, Resurrection, Ascension, the Church,
the dead, and ourselves.
Therefore, O Lord, as we celebrate the memorial of the saving Passion of
your Son, his wondrous Resurrection and Ascension into heaven, and as we look
forward to his second coming, we offer you in thanksgiving this holy and living
sacrifice.

Look, we pray, upon the oblation of your
Church and, recognizing the sacrificial Victim by whose death you willed to
reconcile us to yourself, grant that we, who are nourished by the Body and Blood
of your Son and filled with his Holy Spirit, may become one body, one spirit in
Christ.

May he make of us an eternal offering to you,
so that we may obtain an inheritance with your elect, especially with the most
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with blessed Joseph her spouse, with your blessed Apostles and glorious
Martyrs and with all the Saints, on whose constant intercession in your presence
we rely for unfailing help.

May this Sacrifice of our reconciliation, we
pray, O Lord, advance the peace and salvation of all the world. Be pleased
to confirm in faith and charity your pilgrim Church on earth, with your servant,
_____ our Pope and, _____ our Bishop, the Order of Bishops, all the clergy, and
the entire people you have gained for your own. Listen graciously to the
prayers of this family, whom you have summoned before you: in your compassion, O
merciful Father, gather to yourself all your children scattered throughout the
world.

Listen graciously to the prayers of this family,
whom you have summoned before you: in your compassion, O merciful Father, gather
to yourself all your children scattered throughout the world.

To our departed brothers and sisters and to
all who were pleasing to you at their passing from this life, give kind
admittance to your kingdom. There we hope to enjoy for ever the fullness
of your glory through Christ our Lord, through whom you bestow on the world all
that is good.

Doxology:Prayer of Praise:Through
him, with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, for ever and ever.All:Amen. Communion Rite

In the Liturgy of the Eucharist, we
symbolically offer ourselves to the Lord through the gifts of bread and wine.
At the Consecration, we offer our very lives to be united the God the Father
through the Cross of Christ. In Communion, we find that we have not died
at all, but have come to life. We have surrendered ourselves to God
through His Divine Son, Jesus Christ. In return become ennobled and
enriched. We give up time and we get eternity, we give up our sin and we
receive grace, we surrender our self-will and receive the strength of the Divine
Will, we give up ourselves and we receive everything. For the Son of God
says to us that unless we receive Him we shall not have Divine life in us.
But it is not really we who receive Christ as it is Christ who receives us,
bringing us into Himself.

God makes His Cross the very means
of our salvation and our life. While we have crucified Him, His eternal
love cannot be extinguished. Christ willed to give us the very life we
crucified in our Redemption, the Consecration of Holy Thursday into Communion,
His death into our everlasting life.

The Lord's
Prayer:

Priest: At
the Savior's command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:Priest and
All:Our
Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be they name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be
done on earth as it is in
heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who
trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Priest: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously
grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free
from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming
of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

All: For the
kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever.

Prayer for
Peace:

Priest: Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles: Peace I leave
you, my peace I give you, look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church,
and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will. Who
live and reign for ever and ever.
All: Amen.

Priest: The peace of the Lord be with
you always.
All: And with your spirit.
Priest: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

Breaking of the Bread:

Priest: May this mingling of the Body and Blood of our Lord
Jesus Christ bring eternal life to us who receive it.

Priest and All: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

Priest Preparation: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the
living God, who, by the will of the Father and the work of the Holy Spirit,
through your Death gave life to the world, free me by this, your most holy
Body and Blood, from all my sins and from every evil; keep me always faithful to
your commandments, and never let me be parted from you.

Priest:Behold
the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed
are those called to the supper of the Lamb.Priest and All:Lord,
I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the world and
my soul shall be healed.

Priest:May the Body of Christ keep me safe for eternal life. May the Blood of Christ keep me safe for eternal life.

Communion Antiphon:

Communion Antiphon:
John 6:57

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood
remains in me and I in him, says the Lord.

Priest: May God, the source and
origin of all blessing, grant you grace, pour out his blessing in abundance, and
keep you safe from harm throughout the year. All: Amen.Priest: May he give you integrity in the faith, endurance in
hope, and perseverance in charity with holy patience to the end.All: Amen.

Final Blessing:

Priest: And may the blessing of almighty God, the Father, and
the Son, and the Holy Spirit, come down on you and remain with you for ever.All: Amen.